new hampshire k-12 schools: engaging and assessing students with digital portfolios
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Boston University ePortfolio Forum 9/26/08
New Hampshire K-12 Schools:Engaging and Assessing Students with Digital Portfolios
www.nheon.org/ictliteracy
Boston University ePortfolio Forum 9/26/08
Dr. Cathy Higgins
• State Educational Technology Director
• New Hampshire Department of Education
• Chiggins@ed.state.nh.us
• 603.271.2453
• www.nheon.org
• www.ed.state.nh.us
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Peter Monether
• Technology Coordinator
• South Meadow School
• Contoocook Valley School District
• Peterborough, NH
• pmonether@conval.edu
• 603.924.3336 ext. 1231
• www.conval.edu
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Debbie Boisvert
• Technology Coordinator
• Deerfield Community School
• Deerfield, NH
• dboisvert@sau53.org
• 603.463.7422 ext. 522
• http://sau53.org/net4/
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July 1, 2005
• New state standards take effect– Integrate ICT with core content areas– Based on national standards (NETS-S, Info
Literacy, ITEA, 21st Century Skills)
• Standards include digital portfolio requirement– 8th grade assessment with rubrics to help
meet federal goal of 8th grade tech literacy
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ICT Literacy Programs K-8 •Portfolios support instruction (formative)
•ICT connected to disciplines
8th grade •Portfolio supports 8th grade summative assessment to determine ICT competency •Schools make local decisions about assessment rubrics, platforms, etc.
9-12 •Portfolios support instruction •Optional assessment if used to satisfy ½ credit proficiency for HS graduation
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Timeline
• 2007-08 – Federal ed tech grants support several digital portfolio professional development sessions across state
• 2008-09 – Federal ed tech grants support statewide team to develop and recommend 8th grade assessment rubrics tied to NETS-S
• 2009-2010 – Are we there yet?
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Why assess with portfolios?
• No more tests, please!
• Avoid separating ICT from content
• Promote 21st century learning
• Student engagement and empowerment
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Web Resources
www.nheon.org/ictliteracy
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South Meadow School Portfolio• Process started in 5th grade & built upon thru 8th grade.
• All subject areas integrated; responsibilities delegated to grade levels and teachers. (next slide)
• Technology-infused curricular units scheduled as needed - several days in a row rather than regular schedule.
• Use iWeb as student portfolio collector until district adopts portfolio management tool.
• 1st year focus = creating artifacts & collecting using iWeb
• 2nd year focus = adding reflections
• 3rd year focus = adding teacher and student assessment
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SMS Portfolio (2)
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SMS Portfolio (3)
Cover page where we meet the person before we meet the student
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SMS Portfolio (4)
Portfolio is hosted and managed on a blog page. This is part of the listing of the 6 artifacts selected by Danielle to represent her technology learning.
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SMS Portfolio (5)
Each blog entry consists of a representative image, a reflection, and links to the artifact itself and assessments.
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SMS Portfolio (6)
The artifact is saved as PDF, JPG, MOV, or HTML file. (In this case JPG)
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SMS Portfolio (7)
Part of the self-assessment rubric
(This year, combined with teacher assessment)
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Deerfield Community School Portfolio
• 2005 - Study committee of NETS standards and 2005 state standards. Consulted with 7-8 grade students and all staff.
• 2006 – All staff participates in submission of 1 piece of work per student
• Initially used Excel for item submission into drop box
• Four staff training events throughout the year
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DCS PortfolioSubmissions demonstrate integrated use of technology in content areas and at home.
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DCS Portfolio• 2007 – All staff participate in
submission of 2 pieces of work per student. Student submissions of work in grades 6-8.
• Added criteria to matrix including student and staff reflection and moved to Survey Monkey for item submission into drop box
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DCS Portfolio: Ownership scaleRecognizing that students are empowered to take different levels of control in a given assignment, indicate engagement in this assignment.
1 Assignment/project designed and implemented by teacher. Student has no choice in topic or output.
2 Student chooses from list of teacher generated topics or options
3 Student innovates on topics presents an acceptable alternative .
4 Student independently generates content which may or may not be related to area of study and effectively integrates technology to engage others.
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DCS/SAU53 Portfolio: Scalability
2008 – Integrated new NETS Standards and transitioned to SAKAI for storage and submission.
• Piloting at five middle schools
• Three to four teacher leaders in each school
• Support offered one day a month at each school
• Submission, Reflection, feedback will be entered in each cell
• Cells can be entered as Ready, Pending Feedback, Complete and Locked
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DCS Portfolio: Output
•Submissions will automatically populate in a standard portfolio that can be navigated by subject or grade level.
•Student will also be able to design their own portfolio choosing items to illustrate specific growth to a specific audience.
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Web Resources
www.nheon.org/ictliteracy
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